Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 112

Louis Moinet Jules Verne chronographe Louis Moinet, 1806, "Jules Verne, Instrument No. 1, Chronographe, Fuseau Horaire, Automatique," No. 10/60, Ref. LM17.41.60. Made in a limited series of 60 examples in 2009. Fine and unusual, massive, self-winding, stainless steel, titanium, 18K pink gold and lunar meteorite wristwatch, lever chronograph, registers, two time zone, date and a stainless steel Louis Moinet double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, stepped bezel, transparent case back with 4 screws, button at 10 to change the second time zone, lunar meteorite at 9, sapphire crystals. D. Bi-color, silver and pink gold, ?Cotes du Jura? decoration, applied pink gold dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour register, for the second time zone, and for the date, outer minute track. Steel Arrow hands. M. 13,5???, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, rotor with ?Cotes de Jura? decoration, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 46 x 54 mm. Thickness 14.50 mm